Today is Blog Action Day
2008 October 15
Today is Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers post their takes on an important issue. This year the topic is poverty. I posted about hunger on my food and cooking blog — please take a moment to read the post and consider taking action.
Technology can be a key component in the effort to end poverty. Here are just a selection of the Blog Action Day posts on the subject:
- Using Mobile Technology to Fight Poverty (Startup Africa)
- Technology Key to Ending Poverty (PIC Current)
- Can Twitter Eliminate Poverty? (CorporateDollar.org)
- Technology Can Overcome Poverty. Ask Me How! (Radvision)
- Poverty Alleviation Through Information Communications Technology (Into the Digital Light)
- Technology and VOIP: An Aid to the Way Out of Poverty (VOIP)
- Technology Can Help to Reduce Poverty in Africa (Nick Masao)
And here are some innovative technology-based solutions:
- Kiva - microfinancing through the Internet
- End Poverty Blog – blogging about efforts to end world poverty
- mGive - SMS donations
- Uncultured Project - fighting poverty on YouTube
- And I have to plug what we are doing with informatics at IntraHealth
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Shannon,
Thanks for the ping.
By the way, I love how you define “Authenticity” in your values:
*Being true to who you are
*Standing up for what’s right
*Not making judgments without observation and consideration
*Recognizing the interconnectedness of all things
John
i love kiva.
am currently unable to make a donation though, so i put up its banner on my blog (as well as that of freerice and goodsearch).
saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it’s great that you’re participating.